JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
677
KOMA YASUTADA LINEAGE
A gold lacquer three-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of lenticular profile with integral cord-runners,
decorated in gold, silver, and colored hiramaki-e,
takamaki-e, and togidashi maki-e against a rogin
(shibuichi-nuri) ground, depicting two Chinese boys
playing by a tsuitate screen with a grained wood
frame and bearing an ink landscape with sailboats
and mountains, signed Koma Yasutada saku (Made
by Koma Yasutada); ojime stone; netsuke wood,
carved as a crouching figure
2 5/8in (6.6cm) high
677
$1,500 - 2,500
Provenance
Rutherston & Bandini, London, November 2012
678
KAJIKAWA LINEAGE
A black lacquer four-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of lenticular profile with integral cord-runners,
decorated in gold and colored hiramaki-e,
takamaki-e, and sumi-e togidashi maki-e against a
black lacquer ground liberally sprinkled with hirame,
depicting an oni (demon) fallen to the ground in
shock as Shoki the Demon-Queller comes to
life from a large hanging scroll painting, his two
companions shown on the reverse fleeing in fear, the
interior rich gold nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku (Made
by Kajikawa) with a pot seal Ei; ojime stained bone
3in (7.6cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
678
Provenance
Bonhams, London, November 6, 2012, lot 65
86 | BONHAMS